Catherine Flon
Catherine Flon was a seamstress who famously sewed the first Haitian flag at the request of Dessalines, but she is also known for having nursed the sick and wounded after nearby battles.
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Marie-Jeanne Lamartiniére
Marie-Jeanne Lamartiniére was a Haitian soldier known not only for her courage but for her skills in battle and strategy. She was a leading figure in the pivotal Battle of Crête-á-Pierrot in 1802.
Dr Ruth Westheimer
Famed sex therapist
Alessandra Alberta Pucci
Alessandra Pucci was founder and chief executive of Australia’s first biotechnology company Australian Monoclonal Development (AMD).
Hannah Glidden Myrick
Myrick earned a medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1900. She practiced medicine in Boston and for a decade served as the superintendent of the New England Hospital for Women and Children (NEHWC).
Helen J Popkavich
Helen J. Popkavich worked at the Harvard College Observatory from approximately 1931-1933.
Ida Elisabeth Woods
Ida Elisabeth Woods (September 18, 1870 – October 4, 1940) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1893 until around 1930.
Imogen Willis Eddy
Imogen Willis Eddy (June 20, 1842-September 4, 1904)1 worked at the Harvard College Observatory for approximately 15 years from 1889-1904.
Jenka Mohr
Jenka Mohr (b.1902) was a research assistant and lecturer with the Harvard College Observatory from 1927 to around 1940.
Jennie Thayer Rugg
Jennie Thayer Rugg (1869-1949) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1887 to 1889.